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Coarse dosinia

Dosinia anus (R. A. Philippi, 1847)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The coarse dosinia (Dosinia anus) is a species in the family Veneridae, order Venerida.

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Quick facts about the coarse dosinia

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the coarse dosinia live?

Not recorded

Is the coarse dosinia endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the coarse dosinia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderVenerida
  5. familyVeneridae
  6. genusDosinia
  7. SpeciesDosinia anus (R. A. Philippi, 1847)

Synonyms Artemis anus, Cytherea anus, Dosinia anus, Dosinia horrida

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Old-woman dosiniaEnglish
  • Ringed dosiniaEnglish
  • dosínka vrásčitáCzech
  • GreisinnenmuschelGerman
  • TuakiMāori
  • venuška novozélandskáSlovak

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the coarse dosinia

Other species in the same genus Dosinia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the coarse dosinia?

The coarse dosinia (Dosinia anus) belongs to the family Veneridae in the order Venerida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Coarse dosinia (Dosinia anus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/coarse-dosinia

MLA

“Coarse dosinia (Dosinia anus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/coarse-dosinia.

BibTeX
@misc{coarse_dosinia_2026,
  title = {Coarse dosinia (Dosinia anus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/coarse-dosinia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}